The correct answer is A. Gain population. Opening new corporate headquarters will attract people to move to the area in order to serve the 500 workers. This will include people that will move to open restaurants and other businesses that will be aimed at serving the workers.<span />
California was to enter the Union as two states. The northern one would be a "free" state called California and the southern one would be a territory which was to immediately become a “slave” state to be called Colorado. Californians were outraged that the federal government could overrule the decision of a state.
Because of the needed help in bargaining for higher wages and better working conditions.